Guillaume Lebrun
Guillaume Lebrun (born March 10, 1674 in Paris ; † March 7, 1758 ibid) was a French Jesuit, classical philologist, Romanist and lexicographer.
life and work
Lebrun entered the Jesuit order in 1690 and became prefect and Latin teacher in various Jesuit colleges . In 1756 he published a rich French-Latin dictionary, which had three editions by 1770. Further conditions were prevented by the repeal of the Jesuit order in 1773.
The Lebrun Dictionary is at the end of a long series of French-Latin dictionaries by the Jesuits Philibert Monet , Charles Pajot , François-Antoine Pomey , Pierre Delbrun , Jean Gaudin , Guy Tachard and Joseph Joubert .
Works
- Dictionnaire universel françois et latin, tiré des meilleurs auteurs , dedié à Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, Paris / Rouen 1756, 1760, 1770 (1294 pages)
literature
- Carlos Sommervogel , Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Nouvelle édition , vol. 4, Brussels / Paris 1893, col. 1628
Web links
- Literature by and about Guillaume Lebrun in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebrun, Guillaume |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lebrun SJ, Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Jesuit, classical philologist, Romanist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1674 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1758 |
| Place of death | Paris |